Baby bottle holder



Oct. 14, 1958 R. M. RICHARDSON, 2,856,145

BABYBOTTLE HOLDER Filed Jan. 12, 1955 Fig. 4

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Application January 12, 1955, Serial No. 481,302

4 Claims. (Cl. 248-106) The present invention relates to bottle holders and more particularly relates to bottle holders for supporting baby bottles in an elevated position for use by a baby when feeding from the bottle.

The primary object of the present invention is inthe provision of a baby bottle holder which is adapted to support a baby bottle at varying elevations to suit the position of the baby when using the bottle.

Essentially, the present invention consists of a bottle holder comprising a sleeve adapted to embrace the bottle and having downwardly outwardly diverging legs depending therefrom with a strap extending between and joining the lower ends of the legs, which strap is adjustably attached to the legs to vary the angle of divergence between the legs whereby the sleeve may be disposed at varying elevations relative to a supporting surface.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the bottle holder of the invention in position for supporting a bottle above a supporting surface;

Figure 2 is a front elevational view of the bottle holder;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the bottle holder;

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of the bottle holder showing the holder retaining the bottle holding sleeve at a greater height from the supporting surface than is shown in Figures 1-3;

Figure 5 is a side elevational view of the bottle holder shown in the position of Figure 4; and

Figure 6 is a crosssectional view taken through the sleeve of the bottle holder disclosing the details of the connection of the supporting legs to the sleeve taken substantially along the plane of section line 6-6 of Figure 5.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the bottle holder is designated in its entirety by the numeral 10 and comprises essentially a flexible sleeve 12, supporting legs 14 and 16 and a flexible strap 18.

In the embodiment shown, the sleeve 12 is a one-piece element having the adjacent ends thereof stitched together at 20 by suitable stitching, as will be noted in Figure 6, and having outturned end flaps 22 to which the upper ends of the supporting legs 14 and 16 are attached by means of suitable stitching, which may be the stitching 20 or supplementary stitching, as desired.

The legs 14 and 16 are in the form of hollow, bean bags or the like, in effect forming hollow containers filled with solid particles, the particles being designated by the numeral 24.

The lower ends of the bags or legs 14 and 16 diverge outwardly away from one another.

The flexible strap 18 extends between the diverging lower ends of the supporting legs 14 and 16 and is suitably joined to these legs at its end portions by cooperat- 2,856,145 atented Oct. 1.4, 1958 ice 2 ing fastening means on the legs and the end portions thereof to vary the angle of divergence of the supporting legs to one another whereby the sleeve 12 may be disposed at different elevations from a supporting surface, as will be particularly noted from a comparison of Fig ure 2 and Figure 4.

To provide for the suitable fastening of the ends of the strap 18 to the legs 14 and 16, the legs 14 and 16 are provided on the outer surfaces thereof with longitudinally spaced snaps 26 and 28, the snap 26 being intermediate the upper and lower ends of the legs and the snap 28 being adjacent the lower ends of the legs.

A cooperating snap fastener 30 is provided on each end portion of the strap 18 so that as the end portions of the strap 18 are upturned around the lower end portions of the legs 14 and 16, the snap fastener 30 on each end portion thereof may releasably lockingly engage with either the snap fasteners 28 or the snap fasteners 26 on the legs 14 and 16.

When the snap fasteners 38 engage with the snap fasteners 28 adjacent the lower ends of the legs 14 and 16, the angle of divergence of the legs 14 and 16 is comparatively great and the greater portion of the. strap 18 extends between the lower ends of these legs :so that the sleeve 12 is supported at its lowermost elevation from a supporting surface.

Whenit is desired to support the sleeve 12 at a relatively higher elevation, the end portions of the strap 18 are upturned to a greater degree and the cooperating snap fasteners 26 and 30 releasably locked to one another so that only a small portion of the strap 18 extends between the lower ends of the legs 14 and 16 and the angle of divergence of these legs is considerably less than that noted in the previous paragraph, whereby the legs 14 and 16 more closely approach a vertical position and the sleeve 12 is supported at a commensurately greater height from the supporting surface than when the fasteners 30 are engaged with the snap fasteners 28.

Although the means for attaching the legs and the strap have been recited as snaps and snap fasteners, it is obvious that any other means may be utilized which will serve the purpose. Also, it is clear that single fastening means may be provided on each of the legs 14 and 16 and the plurality of fastening means provided on the strap 18 as a reversal from the arrangement set forth in the drawings without detracting from the invention.

In the utilization of the holder, the sleeve 12 is simply slipped over a bottle, such as that indicated in Figure 1 in phantom outline by the numeral 32, and the strap 18 placed on a supporting surface. The weight of the bottle 32 in the sleeve 12 presses the legs 14 and 16 in their outwardly diverging relation so that the strap 18 is stretched between its end portions to provide a support for the sleeve.

The holder 10 is exceedingly simple in construction and is obviously adaptable to support a bottle at a plurality of different elevations from a supporting surface merely by changing the position of the cooperating snap fasteners on the legs 14 and 16 and the strap 18.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. In a bottle holder, the combination comprising means to embrace a bottle, a pair of hollow flexible helegs of said. pair supporting legs having connecting ends and support ends, the connecting ends each being attached to the outside of and at one point of connection with said means, said legs being at least partially filled with solid particles, being arranged in opposed relation, o. ea h o her an angul rly rela ed to each other, a st1:ap interconnecting said legs at the, support ends thereof opposite the ends attached to said bottle embracing meansand' passing beneath said support ends, and means to adjust said strap to vary the effective length thereof to, accordingly, varythe angle included between the legs to control the elevation of said bottle.

2,. A nursing bottle holder comprising a bottle-encir cling member provided with end means directed out; wardly toward opposite sides and away from the. member, two similar hollowand partially particle-filled flexible support members having narrower and thinner connecting ends and wider and thicker support ends, means connecting said narrower and thinner ends to the outwardly directed end, means of the bottle-encircling member, said support members being on opposite sides of the end means with the support members including an angle between the support members, the mentioned wider and thicker ends of the support member having rounded end faces that are adapted to engage a support surface along difierent lines of contact or engagement according to the size of the mentioned included angle, a flexible strap spanning the support ends of the support members and bendable over the mentioned rounded end faces of the latter members, and snap fastener means to adjustably connect the ends of the strap with the sides of .the support members that are opposite. to the 4 sides that form the included angle to vary said angle and, thereby, the. elevated position. of a bottle in the holder relative to a support surface.

3. A nursing bottle holder according to claim 2 in which the snap fastener means comprises a snap element on each end of the strap and a plurality of complementary snap elements in longitudinal arrangement on each of the support member sides that are opposite to the angle-forming sides, said elements on each strap end having selective. separable connection with. the complementary elements on the respective support member sides, the portion of'the strap that spans between the support, members varying in length according to the adjustment of the snap fastener means and the portions thereof that are bendable over the rounded, faces of said support members varying accordingly.

4. A nursing bottle holder according to claim 3 in which the spanning portion of the strap and the two support members form a triangle of which the strap is the base and on which the bottle-encircling member is disposed above the apex of the triangle that is. opposite to the base.

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